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3 Alexandria officers injured, gun fired in Friday chase

Criminal charges are pending against a man hospitalized after a Friday incident in which he allegedly fled from the scene of a family dispute, leaving three Alexandria police officers with minor injuries, according to a release.

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3 Alexandria officers injured, gun fired in Friday chase

Criminal charges are pending against a man hospitalized after a Friday incident in which he allegedly fled from the scene of a family dispute, leaving three Alexandria police officers with minor injuries, according to a release.(Photo: Town Talk file photo)

Criminal charges are pending against a man hospitalized after a Friday incident in which he allegedly fled from the scene of a family dispute, leaving three Alexandria police officers with minor injuries, according to a release.

One officer also fired his weapon at the suspect's vehicle as he tried to ram a police motorcycle, according to police.

Around 2 p.m., officers had responded to the call in the 2600 block of Overton Street. During the investigation, one person started to flee in a vehicle. An officer was dragged by that vehicle as he tried to stop the man from fleeing the scene, according to the release posted on the Alexandria Police Department's website.

But a chase ensued, and it went into the parking lot of the department's headquarters on Bolton Avenue "where the suspect rammed a police car and a police motorcycle," it reads. "Another officer discharged his weapon at the vehicle as he was attempting to ram the police motorcycle. No one was struck by the discharge."

The suspect left the parking lot, but then crashed into another police car in the 2600 block of Lee Street. The unidentified man was taken into custody and was taken to a local hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. Because of his hospitalization, the suspect's name was not being released immediately, according to the release.

Three officers suffered minor injuries. Two were treated and released at the scene, while the third was treated and released at a local hospital.

"In accordance with standard procedure, Louisiana State Police will assist and shadow the investigation regarding the discharge of a police weapon," reads the release. "The officer who discharged a weapon has not been placed on administrative leave or modified duty as of this release."